What Are the Layers of Safety Culture?

About this episode

Dave McGlynn and Mike Nasti discuss the layers of safety culture in the fire service and the importance of competent training and humility.

Dave McGlynn sits down with Mike Nasti to explore the layers of safety culture in the fire service on this episode of The Training Officer. They cover why competent training creates real protection, how social media and inexperience skew safety messaging, and why ownership and humility matter when things go wrong. Nasti shares lessons from 19 years in operations and the realities of working in the gray area where judgment matters.

People in this episode

Host: Dave McGlynn

Guest: Mike Nasti

Topics covered

• safety culture
• fire service training
• social media impact
• judgment in operations
• ownership and humility

Keywords

• safety culture
• fire service
• training
• social media
• judgment
• humility
• protection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: fire service

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